Neo, with a nod to Keanu, is a community blockchain project, a non-profit based in China, which is looking to get away from the Bitcoin hype and into more serious applications for the tech. The company\'s founders have worked with Chinese regulatory authorities to ensure that Blockchain technology doesn\'t suffer from necessary cryptocurrency regulation. They are looking to drive forward future applications of Blockchain for a new \"smart economy,\" using programmable digital assets combined with smart contracts.

With this in mind, the upcoming NEO DevCon will bring together developers from around the world to brainstorm on proposals and problems. Announcing its schedule this week, the organisation said that the whole two-day conference will be recorded for online publishing after the conference is over. Live interviews will also be streamed throughout the two days, delivered on their Twitter feed, @NEOnewstoday. The conference takes place on 30th-31st January at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco.

NEO\'s digital currency has seen a fairly steady rise over the last six weeks, going from a 30th November low of US$30.16 to stand at $142.64 on 25th January. Overall market capitalisation of the NEO coin is approaching $9bn, with a circulating supply of 65 million tokens and a 24 hour trading volume of $444,497,000.